False-cuff holder



(No ModeL) Patented Jan. 24, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT rare.

GEORGE A. MOINIIRE, OF STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT.

FALSE-CUFF HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 252,789, dated January 24, 1882.

Application filed May 7, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE ALEXANDER MCINTIRE, of Stamford, in the county of Fairtield and State of Connecticut. have invented a new and useful False-Cuff Holder; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this application. Y

My invention relates to a novel construction of that kind of cuff-holder which isadapted to effect a securement of the cuff to the inner portion of the coat-sleeve in such manner that, without changing the relative position of the holder device to the sleeve, the cuff may be adjusted to and maybe held in any desired relative position to the lower end of the coatsleeve; and it consists essentially in a cuff holding contrivance composed of a main or body portion adapted to be secured at one end to the lining or interior of the coat-sleeve and a transversely-arranged clamping or griping device adapted to grasp the outer overlappin g edge of the false shirt-cuff and hold the latter in place, permitting, however, any desired adjustment of the cuif which the wearer may desire to effect, all as will be hereinafter more fully explained.

To enable those skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to understand and practice the same, 1 will now proceed to more fully explain'the same, refer-ring by letters to the accompanying drawings, in which I have illustrated my invention in a form in which I have successfully practiced it and shown the best mode of carrying out the same now known to me.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view ofa shirt-cuff and the lower part of a coat (and shirt) sleeve, with the cuff adjustably attached to the coat-sleeve by means of a device or contrivance made according to my invention. Fig. 2 is an elevation or side view of the calf-attaching implement or device detached from the cuff and co'atsleeve, and drawn on a larger scale than at Fig. 1,to more clearly illustrate its construction. Fig. 3 is a side elevation taken from an opposite point of view and on the same scale as the lastnamed figure. Fig. 4 is an edge view of the same, showing in sectional broken lines (and on an exaggerated scale) a portion of the coatsleeve'and in heavy dotted lines part of the cuff, for the purpose of illustrating the mode of securement of the device to the coat and the mannerin which it clamps and holds in place the overlapped edge ofthe cuff. Fig.5isan end view ofthe device, looking at its lower end, and showingin broken sectional lines and in heavy dotted lines, respectively, portions of thecoatsleeve and cuff. At Fig. 6 is shown in side view or elevation a modified form of the cuffholding clasp or device, in which, in lieu of a construction adapted to permit the attachment of the upper end of the device to the coatsleeve by means of penetrating points and ,hooks, is shown a form of device adaptedto have its upper end attached to the coat-sleeve by means of a button on the device which engages with a button-hole strip of suitably flexible material permanently fastenedat theproper point to the interioror lining of the coat-sleeve. Fig. 7 is a cross-sectional view of this modified form of cuff-holder at the line 00 x of Fig. 6; and Fig. 8 is an edge view of the same, showing also in section a part of the coat-sleeve and the button-hole strip fastened thereto. At Fig. 9 is shown an edge view of the same, (together with part of the coat-sleeve in section,) in which the latter is attached to the coat-sleeve by means of a button permanently secured to the inner portion of said sleeve, with which button said contrivance may be engaged and disengaged at pleasure, and in which (as in the contrivance shown at Figs. 6, 7, and S) the cuff-edge is clasped or clamped between the main body portion and the spring tonguelike portions of the sheet-metal device. Fig.

' 10 is a partial side view of the device seen at Fig. 9.

In the several figures of each form of contrivance shown the same part will. be found designated by the same letter of reference.

In Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive, the cuff-holder is made of two pieces of wire'bent and secured together, as shown, so that one piece (see Fig. 2) forms the loop'like portion a, the shank portion I), and the two hooks c 0, while the other piece of wire (see Fig. 3) forms the finger or tongue-like device (I, the pin 0, and the shank f, the two pieces of wire being soldered or otherwise fastened together for a portion of the distance, during which their shank-like parts b and fare arranged in line and close together. In the said figures, G is the false cuff, II is portion of a coat-sleeve, and I part of a shirt-sleeve.

In the use of the cuff-holder of the form or construction shown in these figures that end of the implement or device shown at which are located the llOOks c c and the pin or sharpened wire 0 is secured to the interior of the sleeve by inserting into thelining or other material of the coat-sleeve the said pin-point c and hooks 0 c in the condition or position clearly illustrated at Figs. 1 and 4; and this securement of this portion of the device or contrivance to the material of the coat-sleeve is effected by first forcing in the hooks 00 until inserted clear up to their roots, and then slightly pressing into the material the sharp point of the pin-like device 0 by moving the device slightly in a direction operating to withdraw the hooks c 0 until the point of 6 shall have been just fairly and fully hooked or caughtin. Having thus secured one end of the cuff-holder to the inside of the coat-sleeve H, the overlap plug or outer edge, 9, of the cuff G is slipped in between the loop-like portion a and the tongue-like part (I of the other end of said holder, as clearly shown, and is clamped between the parts a and d with sufficient tenacity to insure the retention in place relatively to the coat cutf ot' the false shirt-eutfG. The tonguelike partd is slightly yielding, and being sprung out of its normal position and slightly away from the plane of the adjacent side of the loop a by the enforcement between said parts a and (l of the stiffened edge. g of the shirt-cuff, said tongue (Zoperates to slightly corrugate or crimp the edge of the cuff between itself and the looplike device a, and thus prevent any dropping down, or, in other words, any displacement endwise of the cuff G relatively to the holder device, and consequently relatively to the coat cuff or sleeve H.

If deemed expedient, the surface of the loop a may be roughened, as illustrated at Fig. 3, toinsure a tighter gripe of the clamping devices on the cutfs edge.

From the foregoing explanations, in connection with the drawings, it will be seen that the cuff may have its edge 9 secured between the griping parts of the cuff-holder at any desired point along the length of said edge, and that thus the lower end of the cuff G may be adjusted to any given relation to the end of the coat cuff or sleeve II, so that more or less or none of the shirt-cult shall project below or beyond the lower edge of the coat-cuff; and it will be understood that after having been once secured in place, as shown, for instance, at

Fig. 1, the culf G may be conveniently moved up or down within the coat-sleeve and set at different relative positions with the end of the latter by simply either forcibly sliding the edge 9 along within the griping devices of the cuffholder or releasing said edge from said griping devices and reinserting it between them without removing or changing the relation to the coat sleeve of the calf-holder implement or contrivance.

In the modification of cuif-holdcr shown at Figs. 6, 7, and 8 the holder is composed of sheet metal instead of wire, and consists of a main or body portion, 1', out of which is cut and slightly sprung up a tongue-like device, 2 the upper end of the holder being provided with a button, 8, of metal or other material, which is adapted to be buttoned into the hole of a strip or loop, g, of any suitably flexible ma terial, stitched or otherwise permanently secured at each of its ends to the inner portion or lining of the coat-sleeve H, as most clearly seen at Fig.8. In this form of holder the free end of the tongue i is sprung away from the surrounding portion of the partf and the edge (1 of the shirt-cuff is clamped between said portions of the parts i and g in a manner which must be perfectly apparent.

In the form of holder seen at Figs. 9 and 10 the cuff clamping or griping portion of the device is the same as that of the holder seen at Figs. 6, 7, and 8; but in lieu of having a button adapted to engage with a button-hole strip, it has simply an oblong eye, as seen plainly at m, Fig. 10,with which engages the shank of a T-shaped button device or fastener, 0, (see Fig. 9,) permanently attached to the lining or interior ot' the coat-sleeve H.

The cuff G maybe also temporarily secured at some point by a button or stud to the shirtslceve, if desired, and if the shirt-sleeve be long enough, since in such case the shirtsleeve will not prevent the adjustment of the false cuff G to and its retention in any desired relative position to the coat-sleeve.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As an improved contrivance for holding in place a false shirt-cuff or wristband, a cuffholder composed of a main or body portion adapted to be either permanently or temporarily secured to the inner portion of the coatsleeve, and aclamping device arranged transversely to said main portion of the contrivance and adapted to grasp with a yielding pressure the outer overlapping edge of the cutf, all substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto setmy hand this 21st day of April, 1881.

G. A. MGINTIRE.

In presence of D. B. CAREY, CHARLES 1 Hour. 

